458 



19. Hyphantornis capitalis. 



Capital Tanager, Lath. Gen. Syii. Suppl. p. 102, pi. 112 (1787). 



Tauagra capitalis, Luth. Ind. Orn. i. p. 432 (1700). 



Friugilla capitalis, Licht. Verz. Douhl. p. 23 (1823). 



Ploceus capitali.-i, Less. Compl. Buff. viii. p. 308 (1810); Shelley, 



Ibis, 1887, p. 34, pi. ii. fig. 1. 

 Ilypliantoruis capitalis, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 351 (1849) ; llartl. Orn. 



'JF.-Afr. p. 124 (1857); Gray, llaml-l. B. ii. p. 42, no. 0579 



(1870) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1883, p. 550 ; Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. 8. Afr. 



p. 442 (1884) *. 

 Textor capitalis, Bp. Consp. i. p. 441 (1850). 

 Ploceus cucullatiis {nee M'dll.), Reiclienb. Sinyv. p. 79, pi. xxxviii. 



fig. 291 (1801). 



Adult male. Similar to H. melanoceplialus, but distinguished by 

 the ■warm orange-chestnut shade which pervades the sides of the 

 fore neck, chest, and breast, contrasting with the golden yellow on 

 the sides of the neck and hind neck, whereas in //. cucullatus the 

 breast is of the same colour as the above-mentioned parts : " bill 

 black ; feet fleshy ; iris brown " ( W. A. Forbes). Total length 

 5 inches, culmen 0"6, wing 2-7, tail 1"6, tarsus 0'8. 



Adult female. Different from the male. General colour above 

 brown, -with darker brown centres to the feathers ; lower back, 

 rump, and upper tail-coverts uniform brown, the latter slightly 

 rut'escent ; wing-coverts and quills dusky brown, edged with olive- 

 yellow, the median coverts and inner secondaries broadly margined 

 with dull whitish, slightly tinged with yellow ; tail-feathers brown 

 with olive-yellow margins ; crown of head olive-green, as also the 

 sides of the face and sides of neck ; a faint eyebrow of pale sulphur- 

 yellow ; cheeks also a little brighter sulphur-yellow ; throat whitish, 

 washed with yellow, inclinins: to saffron-yellow on the fore neck ; 

 breast, sides of body, flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts pale isabel- 

 lioe brown ; lower breast and abdomen white : under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries safPron-yeUow ; quills below dusky, yellow along the inner 

 edge : " bill blackish, the base of the mandible horny ; feet greyish 

 fleshy; iris pearly" {W. A. Forbes). Total length 5-2 inches, 

 culmen 0"55, wing 2*65, tail 1*55, tarsiis O'S. 



JIab. West Africa, from Senegambia to the Niger. 



a, h. S ad. et imm.; W. Africa. Sir A. Smith. 



c. 2 ad. sk. 

 d,e. cjfid. et juv. sk. E,. Niger, Aug. (7F. A. F.). Forbes Coll. 



20. Hyphantornis fischeri. 



Hyphantornis diniidiata (nee Sahrid.), Feb. Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, 

 XXX. p. 148 (1881 ) ; Ilartl. Abhamll. imt. Yer. Bremen, viii. 

 p. 199 (1882) ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 30. 



Ploceus fischeri, Reichen. J.f. O. 1887, p. 69. 



* When I included this species among the birds of South Africa, I thought 

 that Sir Andrew Smith's specimens were from this region. 



